Hong Kong exchanges first-half net profit up 44 pct to record

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08/08/2018 05:25

By Alun John
    HONG KONG, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's stock exchange
operator said first-half net profit rose 44 percent, thanks to
record high revenues from both trading and new listings.
    Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX)  0388.HK  posted a
record high net profit of HK$5.04 billion for the six months to
June compared to HK$3.49 billion ($444.62 million) for the same
period a year earlier.
    The exchange's average daily turnover for the first six
months of the year - equities plus derivatives - was HK$126.6
billion, 67 percent higher than in the first six months of 2017,
the HKEX said in its filing.
 ($1=7.8494 Hong Kong dollars)

 (Reporting by Alun David John; editing by Neil Fullick)
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